Apollodorus the Sicilian

Apollodorus the Sicilian (died 30 BC) was a courtier of Queen Cleopatra of Egypt.

Biography
Apollodorus the Sicilian was born in Sicily to a Greek family, and he became a loyal follower of Queen Cleopatra during her power struggle with her brother, Ptolemy XIII. In 48 BC, he smuggled Cleopatra into the royal palace in Alexandria in a rug, presenting her to Julius Caesar so that the two could form an alliance; they would later become lovers. Apollodorus remained loyal to Cleopatra until the end, and he tricked Mark Antony into killing himself, as he had lied about Cleopatra's status in order to deceive Antony into thinking that Cleopatra was dead. He then had Antony taken to Cleopatra, who killed herself as well. Apollodorus took poison, and Octavian had the perfume-scented poison tested on a badly wounded solider soon after, finding it quaint.